Chapter 24: Cult of Madness
"Garste Chief."
Alexander shouted behind him, and walked to the screen alone from the forbidden army to look at the star map that shimmered brightly.
Roger Dorn has already shown his attitude with practical actions, and Alexander naturally does not look at everything and does not even have an explanation.
Otherwise, contradictions and misunderstandings will accumulate and eventually develop into difficulties in reconciling.
"I'm sorry, Lord Roger Dorn, but I have to take responsibility for the safety of my eldest son."
"I hope you can tell us the truth."
The captain of the Guard's Praetorian Guard bent down decisively to show his attitude, he didn't care about his face.
It is his honor to protect His Highness the eldest son and complete the task.
In fact, the chief of the guard was indeed too anxious, and he knew the importance of His Royal Highness the eldest son.
While leaving Terra, Prime Minister Makado personally approached him to talk to him and blocked some of his memories.
Garth knew all this.
When he lost contact with Terra, Just, noticing that they were not going away, did not immediately inform Alexander.
Instead, according to the emergency plan, the forbidden brothers were notified to quietly observe everything around them.
They try to find an opportunity to snatch a ship and jump directly out of subspace into the physical world.
But after nearly a month of preparation, the Imperial Fists Legion obviously didn't give him this opportunity.
It wasn't until yesterday that Alexander learned about their disappearance.
Roger Dorn, on the other hand, is because he has been fighting in alien systems all year round.
I don't know how many times I have experienced subspace travel, and it is common for the signal to be interrupted, but I didn't expect that this time it would be so long.
Alexander did not bother to investigate why his message was so lagging behind, because there was no point in it.
The Forbidden Army was also not directly subordinate to Alexander, they belonged to the emperor.
So it's not so surprising to get past Alexander and ask the original genogen Roger Dorn first.
Alexander directly interrupted Just's request and bumped Roger Dorn on the shoulder.
"Dorne, based on your experience, is it safe for us to cross the subspace at present, and is it necessary to jump out of the material world immediately?"
Roger Dorn didn't give an immediate answer, instead pointing to the highlight of the Terra Torch on the star map.
"From here, we sail silently in subspace for three months, and then transfer to the frontier casting world that the Empire is currently conquering."
"Actually, in essence, we are not lost, but only briefly lose the communication signal."
"And this is normal in subspace voyages, but this time it is too long."
Professional matters naturally have to be handed over to professional people.
Roger Dorn explained the current predicament in just a few words.
If Alexander didn't know Roger Dorn's character, he would have thought that the Imperial Fist was ready to kill him.
Moreover, Alexander knew that the current subspace storm had just been blown away, and if there were no anomalies, it would not be in line with the characteristics of subspace.
"The command of the Mountain Formation is still your sole responsibility, and I will not interfere in any way as to whether or not to jump out of subspace."
Alexander trusts Roger Dorn to handle it all.
With a strong war fortress like the Mountain Formation, with the Gene Prototype in charge.
If there is another life-threatening fork, there is only one possibility, and it is the emperor's grand plan.
Most importantly, Alexander did not feel the crisis and did not have a spirit.
"In addition to the current state of missing contact, are there any other anomalies on the Mountain Formation?"
"For example, the Astral Army or something."
Alexander wasn't sure if the Astral Army was anomalous.
But he's been feeling the overly frenetic atmosphere in the arena lately, a clear gap from a month ago.
It's as if you were put into a church to worship and believe.
What the Astral Army saw in the arena was no longer a living person, but a symbol.
"The non-combat attrition of the Astral Army has been reduced by more than half, and in the last month or so, it has not even been."
The first time Roger Dorn got this report, people were also confused.
But since Alexander mentioned it, he still told the truth.
"The specific time, can it be accurate to the same time when the Mountain Formation lost contact?"
Alexander remembered that here, even faith is powerful.
Could it be that the beliefs of the astral army are too fanatical, which leads to the spread of signals in the subspace?
Roger Dorn flicked through the data reports on the command platform.
When the Yamjin was sailing in subspace, it had to undergo routine inspections every day, and of course there would be a report every day.
The two carefully compared the information in the data report and finally came to a conclusion.
The two are certainly related, and they don't fluctuate for more than two days.
"Perhaps because the chaos in this subspace has been dispersed, the Astral Army has not experienced non-combat attrition, and it has also interfered with long-distance communications."
Based on his own conjectures, Roger Dorn came to a plausible conclusion.
He looked at Alexander and tried to explain it all, trying to comfort his emotions.
After all, the forbidden army is so troublesome, even if it is okay, it makes people feel uneasy.
Rog Dorn didn't understand that this was due to the astral army's fanatical beliefs, but Alexander clearly knew why.
However, he was not going to explain this to Roger Dorn, because some of the knowledge was toxic.
"Maybe you're right, I know what is going on."
Alexander threw away the papers, and instead went to the screen to look at the star map.
He only knew the location of the Primitives' return, and he didn't know when each of them was the exact time of the Primordials' return.
This meant that Alexander had to enter the material world as soon as possible and complete every step of the plan as quickly as possible according to the emperor's plan.
Because Alexander did not yet have a clear vision of the future, and the Emperor already had most of the things he could control.
"How long will it take us to get to the scheduled location according to the next voyage?"
"Half a month, no, two weeks."
Roger Dorn was pretty sure of how fast the Mountain Formation would be.
"Then make sure that in the last two weeks, if there is a little abnormality, you will immediately enter the material world."
Even at all times, it is necessary to maintain due caution with regard to subspace.
After all, the dark side of the world is also a complete world.
"It's because I understand that it's all about safety."
Rog Dorn looked down at the small-faced serious Alexander, wanted to touch his head, hesitated and lowered his hand.
Before leaving Terra, Machado had told him everything he could think of.
Roger Dorn was well aware of Alexander's importance, the heir to the throne and the only one.
Moreover, Alexander was one of the few people who could communicate effectively with him.
Even the two still maintain a certain tacit understanding in dealing with problems.
Didn't you just treat those two company commanders who made mistakes?
Roger Dorn himself could feel how much he had changed during his time with Alexander.